We were a bit surprised to hear word this morning that Honda will unveil a redesigned Fit subcompact this fall in Japan. The Fit has only been on sale in the U.S. for the past year, but has been sold globally much longer. In fact, Honda also announced the Fit has sold 2 million units worldwide since its introduction.

The big question is when Honda will bring the redesigned Fit to the U.S. since it took so long for the original to reach our shores. Increased interest in fuel-efficient cars will most likely force the next Fit to come to America quickly, possibly debuting at one of this year???‚¬?„?s major auto shows in L.A., Detroit, Chicago or New York as a 2008 or 2009 model.

Source: [url=http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2007/07/redesigned-hond.html]Cars.com[/url]